Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

waste management supervisortoradiation protection technician

A waste management supervisor already meets 27% of what the radiation protection technician role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From waste management supervisor
27%
Overlap1
To radiation protection technician
9 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
69.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.5/ 100

1 Share of the radiation protection technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the waste management supervisor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A radiation protection technician role treats 5 of its required skills as things a waste management supervisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • develop radiation protection strategies
  • ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
  • health, safety and hygiene legislation
  • instruct employees on radiation protection
  • radiation protection

What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A radiation protection technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a waste management supervisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop radiation protection strategies management skills
  • already held instruct employees on radiation protection communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor disposal of radioactive substances handling and moving
  • already held ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations assisting and caring
  • already held follow nuclear plant safety precautions assisting and caring
  • already held test safety strategies information skills

All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the radiation protection technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held calculate exposure to radiation required
  • required, not held monitor radiation levels required
  • required, not held perform risk analysis required
  • optional, not held document survey operations optional
  • optional, not held assess contamination optional
  • optional, not held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations optional
  • optional, not held investigate contamination optional
02 services 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held hazardous waste treatment required
  • required, not held hazardous waste types required
  • optional, not held hazardous materials transportation optional
  • optional, not held contamination exposure regulations optional
  • optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held use personal protection equipment required
  • required, not held wear appropriate protective gear required
  • optional, not held assist people in contaminated areas optional
  • optional, not held avoid contamination optional
04 constructing 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor nuclear power plant systems required
  • optional, not held perform demarcation optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held nuclear reprocessing required
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
06 education 1 required
  • required, not held metrology required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a radiation protection technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held develop radiation protection strategies skill
  • already held ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
  • already held health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • already held instruct employees on radiation protection skill
  • already held radiation protection knowledge
  • already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
  • already held follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
  • already held monitor disposal of radioactive substances skill
  • already held test safety strategies skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held develop hazardous waste management strategies required
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held radioactive contamination required
09 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held remove contaminated materials optional
  • optional, not held remove contaminants optional
10 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist people in contaminated areas optional
  • optional, not held document survey operations optional
  • optional, not held hazardous materials transportation optional
  • optional, not held remove contaminated materials optional
  • optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held assess contamination optional
  • optional, not held avoid contamination optional
  • optional, not held contamination exposure regulations optional
  • optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
  • optional, not held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations optional
  • optional, not held investigate contamination optional
  • optional, not held perform demarcation optional
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
  • optional, not held remove contaminants optional
21 held skills the radiation protection technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply radiation protection procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role design plant waste procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role design strategies for nuclear emergencies skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose of non-hazardous waste skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role establish waste collection routes skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage recycling program budget skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role nuclear energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role nuclear legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role protective safety equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respond to nuclear emergencies skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise waste disposal skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise work skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise worker safety skill
  • not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
9 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held radioactive contamination required
  • required, not held hazardous waste treatment required
  • required, not held hazardous waste types required
  • required, not held metrology required
  • required, not held nuclear reprocessing required
  • optional, not held hazardous materials transportation optional
  • optional, not held contamination exposure regulations optional
  • optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
  • optional, not held pollution prevention optional
Index

Other moves recorded from waste management supervisor

Full index of moves from waste management supervisor

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.